I, Partridge - Alan Partridge [119]
at BP garage 80
Coco-Pops and hot milk 304
daytime drinking, avoids 125
drunk on Watneys Party Four 32
improvisation at Travel Tavern 150
interfered-with sandwiches 24
lemonade preference 40
lunchtime sandwiches 160, 161, 217, 242
McDonald’s 291–2, 304
Murray Mints 4, 5n
Nandos’s (Norwich) 106–8
omelettes at Travel Tavern 151
in police cells 119
tea, sequence of water and milk 37
tea and AIDS 67–8
toast at Rita’s 37
Toblerone addiction 203–4, 213–23, 228–9, 231
transcending binary pairs 37–8
vegetables, surfeit of and consequences 11
‘when in Rome’ 83–4
health (mental and physical)
addiction see above under food and drink
ageing, three signs of 305
ankle injuries 65, 299–302, 304
calls in ‘sick’ 125
calluses, efficacy of pumice 234
Controlled Anger-Release Splashing 226
cures for flab 229–30
excess skin, solutions for 232
major bloodloss 15n
‘merciless’ exercise regime 228, 230–1
muscularity of physique 173–4
neck, pimple on 86, 97
nosebleeds 1–2, 3, 15
‘palm-piss’ 114, 119, 306
pony-trekking 226–8, 235
scrotal cancer misdiagnosis 44–5
Short-Burst Underwater Crying 225
therapy 226
Travel Tavern fitness routine 149
weight (pre- and post-toilet) 297
homes and dwellings
designs own house 252–4, 258
London penthouse 186, 189
moves into own 262, 263
naming own 253–4, 258
static caravan 254–5
‘unstatic’ caravan 260
see also Lambert family; Partridge family members; Travel Tavern (Linton)
Peartree Productions
employment tribunal 101
genesis of, as joke not lie 92
goes under 235
liquidated 255
management style 110–11
pay rises and sacking 98
as publisher 235
restructuring 161
as ‘sleeping volcano’ 186
as ‘well-oiled machine’ 109–10
workplace ambiance 93
radio career
‘Aha’ catchphrase 94–6
cross-genre mastery 286
desk rethinks 60–1, 144
expertise in modulation modes 276–7, 283
fans and super-fans 169–70, 172–8
‘final’ show 307–9
Gabitas as ‘manager/agent’ 193–4
hospital radio 18, 46–8, 85, 289–90
impersonating 169–70
joined by sidekick 284, 286–9, 292–3
mother’s pride in 248–9
move to digital 279, 282–3
musical taste 145
nasal voice, Lynam on 85, 161n
Our Price DJing 49–51, 52, 215–16
premonitions of, at poly 32
pre-show checklist 307
purpose of 308
real-life audiences 297–300
reciprocated love 144
Red Adair role 279
research, learning and tips 146, 295–6
retirement decision 303–7, 309
return to Radio Norwich 138–42
rumours of decline 296, 298
seriousness, necessity of 187
Shayer headhunts 47, 49
sports reporting 51–8
swearing during 143
voice-over work 73–4
see also individual stations and shows
sex, relationships and friendships
attraction to Sue Cook 71, 124, 169, 170, 171
boss–employee relations, and propriety 151–2, 185
BP attendant 218
dalliance with menopausal colleague 259–60
finger-sex-miming 126
first dabblings 31–2, 33
‘friending’ Treacle (horse) 228
Michael as friend 152
as Norwich Don Juan 73
readers, with 310
sexually assaulted 217
STD checks, on others 262
see also Jemima ‘Jem’; Partridge, Carol; Sonja
TV career
‘Aha’ catchphrase 175
BBC ‘contract’ 183–4, 188–9
BBC ditches 120, 129
as BBC2’s White Knight 101
bulldozing of 16
corporate video work 155, 181, 200–1, 210–11
cow-bombed 201–2
Crash, Bang, Wallop 202–3, 204, 206
giving others breaks 115–16
guest appearances 112
high-brow/low-brow, switching between 90
hires Ponder 103
house befitting ‘personality’ status 163
ideas for shows (inc. films) 120, 155, 165–6, 181, 187, 222, 290
KMKY moves to TV 97–8
KMKY ‘second series’ 118, 120, 138, 147, 159–62, 165, 188, 218, 275
meetings for future shows 118–19
modifies voice for 85–7
moves into TV 79, 80
offensive reviews 136–7
Peacock pledge 182
RTE contacts 170–1, 172, 173
ruthlessness of 89, 91
sacks Ponder, live 105, 106
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